CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation Fines Castings Producer
June 15th, 2010
Via this news article, I learned that a California producer of worm castings, Worm Gold, was fined 100K by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. The fine was because the Worm Gold product is touted as “helping plants repel bugs”, and so should be classified as a pesticide, and thus regulated.
This is being fought as a free speech case–you can find out more here.
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1. Ed Williams | June 15th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Maybe they could go for the etymological argument. The -cide in pesticide means kill, not repel. At any rate, it is well known that healthy organisms are better able to stay that way. This is just wrong.
2. vermicomposting | June 17th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Yeah, I wonder what the Dept of Pesticides was thinking. Probably just unfamiliar with the product. I wonder if any other types of fertilizers make the same claims.
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